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Teachers College, Columbia University.

EDITORS

Jesse A. Metzger
Karin G. Coifman
Clinical Psychology Program
Teachers College, Columbia University

EDITORIAL BOARD

Ben Adams
Samantha Boris Karpel
Kathleen M. Lalande
Joseph Marasia
Lisa Sara Rosenzweig
Traci Stein
Liat Tsuman-Caspi
Elizabeth Watson

DESIGN EDITOR

Liat Tsuman-Caspi

DEPARTMENT ADVISOR

Barry A. Farber, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Training
Program Coordinator, Clinical Psychology Program,
    Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology

AIMS AND SCOPE. Founded in 1998, the Graduate Student
Journal of Psychology (GSJP) is a peer-reviewed
publication devoted to clinical and counseling
psychological research and practice. The GSJP is published
annually and includes original empirical research articles,
case studies, theoretical articles, and brief reports in the
areas of adult and child psychopathology, the
psychotherapeutic process, community mental health,
multiculturalism, assessment, child development, ethics,
and professional development. Articles on other topics,
such as psychophysiology, school psychology, and social
psychology, may be accepted if they have a clear
relationship to research or practice in clinical or counseling
psychology.

MANUSCRIPTS. The manuscript submission deadline for
next year’s volume is December 10, 2005. Submit
manuscripts via mail according to the submission
guidelines printed in this issue. Please submit 3 copies of
the manuscript, along with a complete disk copy (including
text, tables, and figures), to: Editors, Graduate Student
Journal of Psychology, Department of Counseling and
Clinical Psychology, Box 102, Teachers College, Columbia
University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027.
Note: Please direct inquiries regarding submission to
the editors via e-mail only (jam2110@columbia.edu).

COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS. Those who wish to reuse
material copyrighted by the GSJP must secure written
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full or journal text of more than 500 words. The GSJP
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first page of reproduced material. Access services may use
unedited abstracts without the permission of the GSJP or
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Graduate Student Journal of Psychology, Department of
Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Box 102, Teachers
College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New
York, NY 10027.

Dear Reader,

We are pleased to present the seventh edition of the
Graduate Student Journal of Psychology. This year we
have continued our expansion of the journal’s scope and
reach, inviting submissions from clinical and counseling
programs in the tri-state area and beyond. We have also
worked to maintain the highest standard of quality, and this
year’s volume, we think, contains a particularly outstanding
and diverse group of works.

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight a very
special contribution to this year’s volume: an invited paper
by Shefali Tsabary, a doctoral student in the clinical psy-
chology program here at Teachers College. Her paper,
which is based on a presentation she gave at a recent
program colloquium, details her experience of leading
workshops for trauma survivors in the Indian islands
following the December 2004 Tsunami disaster. We feel
privileged to be able to share her moving account with
our readers.

Finally, we would like to express our sincerest gratitude to
Professor Barry Farber for his mentorship and ongoing
support of the journal, and to the editorial staff for their
tremendous efforts over the past several months. Much
work has gone into this year’s volume, and we hope you
will be pleased with the outcome.

Sincerely,

Jesse A. Metzger Karin G. Coifman
Editor Editor




